Coastal News

Rhode Island Youth Sailing Program Needs Help

On January 12th, 2011, during one of Rhode Island’s worst blizzards in a decade, the Edgewood Yacht Club, in Cranston Rhode Island, burned down to the water, taking with it all of the Optimist sails, blades, spars, airbags and lines with it.

Edgewood Yacht Club has a not-for-profit sailing organization that runs its youth sailing program and they need our help. To get the Edgewood sailing school back on the water, Sail Newport is donating 14 Club Opti sails to the effort to get the Edgewood Sailing School.

On behalf of all of us in the Rhode Island sailing community, thank you for any help you can be to accomplish the goal of getting the children of Cranston, Edgewood and greater Providence back on the water.